Gaining real Freedom … (08/20/14)

I received my first cell phone as a Christmas gift back in 2000. By the late 90’s, Germany was the first country in the world to have a full-coverage cellphone network, and up until then I had resisted getting a phone … Even though I had made it public to all and quite clear to […]

On finding Inner Peace … (08/19/17)

“When you do the Right Thing – which is nothing more than having the courage to openly care for others, you always get the feeling of peace and serenity that is always comes with doing so.  This means that knowing inner peace is simply a matter of choosing to do the Right Thing repeatedly & […]

The Way back to Now … (08/19/15)

My dear Friends … So many of us choose to see life as a journey towards a particular goal or dream or vision — a destination, so to say — only to realize at its end that life is something else entirely; something far more wondrous and far more — well, important. You see, we […]

How to change the world … (12/18/12)

What’s really cool about this picture is that what it illustrates is a sociological Truth — IT ACTUALLY WORKS! Hint: If you would like to be one of the small number of folks who are destined to make a HUGE, positive change on this planet, all it takes is the humility and the courage to […]

To GO all The Way … (08/18/2023)

When it’s ever 3am … (08.18.2023)

The Blessing of “different” … (08/18/14)

One of the most potent indicators for how Happy & Peace-full your life is — & how Happy & Peace-full will become — hinges on how courageously & how gently you reach out to strangers, especially those who are quite different from yourself; especially those you find to be “weird” or “strange” or “odd”; especially […]

Awakening IS … (08/18/15)

Awakening is realizing that Happiness has nothing to do with what is happening TO us, and everything to do with what we choose to do with what is happening FOR us … Awakening is realizing that life becomes Beauty-full when we make it not about what we have or what we can obtain or what […]

Living all-IN … (08/17/17)

A Time for Gratitude … (08/17/14)

Just like our pictured Friend, sometimes we too get lost in our wishes & our wants; desiring what we don’t have yet deserve — yearning for what could be yet isn’t. It’s a pretty normal state of dis-ease for many; a subtle yet persistent hum of dissatisfaction. All things considered, if you believe your television […]

How to (re)build a HOME … (12/16/2022)